Here we go again....

I had a doctor's apt on May 11th(the day before my official due date)and my dr. thought, considering my history of labor with Tobin, that she would go ahead and induce me on my due date. I had an ultrasound and it showed the baby weighing about 8.13 so he was definately ready to come on out.

So, on May 12th we waited for the call from the hospital, which was around 8 o'clock that night, and headed off for the hospital. Mom came to be with Tobin and all was well. They started my patosin drip at about 10pm and gave me an ambien to sleep. My doc was not on call so she didn't want me to go into labor till morning. At 7am on May 13th she came in to break my water and then everything went speedy quick. I got my epideral at around 10am and was dialated at about 8cm then. Around noon my dr. came in to check on me and I was at 10cm and ready to go. She asked me to do a "practice" push and when I did the baby's head crowned. She rushed all of the nurses in and put on her gear and 3 pushes later we had another little boy added to our family.

He's Everywhere

I have been getting things ready for out next, little bundle of joy. I've been washing everything and putting it back together again. Tobin has had fun reuniting with his old toys and baby equiptment. He loved crawling back into his old carseat.

We got a truck load of diapers from uncle Vince and aunt Kirsten the other day. WHAT A BLESSING!!!!!! Mommy was thankful for the diapers, Tobin was thankful for the large boxes they were delievered in.


I was washing dishes the other day and I turned around to find this photo opportunity.

Easter weekend

We traveled to Grandma and Grandpa Black's for Easter weekend. We love going there. It's always so relaxing for all of us. Rob and I usually get a date or two in while we are there and they love our son like crazy.

Grandma put together some plastic eggs that we're pretty much noise makers for Tobin. He had a great time taking them out of the basket and putting them back in. He wasn't so crazy about the grass around the eggs. He's such a city boy.

He also had fun riding on the tractor with Grandpa. It was a fun weekend had by all.

Tobin is a growing boy

Tobin is growing in so many ways. His curls, belly and cheeks. :)

Tobin is nesting with Mommy

I have been going crazy for the last couple of weeks. I have been on a cleaning/organizing frinzy. It makes me wonder if this baby is coming early. Tobin has been a great help durning this nesting process. He has enjoyed taking things out of containers and putting them back in the containers. He got his own little trash bag and put stuff inside of his trash bag. His favorite thing was to swiffer. He kind of puts his own unique little spin on swiffering. Instead of sliding the swiffer across the floor he stamps the swiffer on the floor. It's the cutest thing. He'll stamp the swiffer, walk a couple of feet and stamp the swiffer again.

Tobin's brother

Yes, baby number two is coming SOON!!! I can't believe it's happening already. I think I am at week 31.

We have taken Tobin to all of my doctor's appointments and he has LOVED the ultra sounds. I told the tech we needed to get an ultra sound machine for our home. He loves all the sounds and visuals. It's been fun. It's like Tobin is getting to know his little brother before he even comes into the world.

Catch up for November and December

I've been told that I need to make some new entries. Time has just gotten away from me. I really wanted to start this blog for Tobin's benefit. I would love to have his precious life documented. I was reading another friend's blog the other day and she mentioned that she writes a letter to her daughter for every birthday her daughter has. In the letter she reminds her daughter of all of the milestones of that year. I thought that was a great idea and it convicted me that I need to be more disciplined at writing those milestones down. So, this entry is for Tobin's benefit. I have a lot of catching up to so here it goes.....

November....
November was a full month for us but such a fun month. Not only did we have Tobin and Daddy's birthday but we traveled to Colorado for Thanksgiving. Grandma and Grandpa met us in St. Louis and we all flew to Fort Collins, Colorado to have Thanksgiving with my brother and his family. We stayed for almost a week and what a great week it was. What a blessing it was for Tobin to meet all of his boy cousins. We went to Estes Park, went on lots of walks, daddy got to go to the New Belgium Brewery and we had lots of yummy, Kirsten cooking.

Monkeys in the tree

Grandma bought all of the boys matching PJs

So good to be all together


December....

In December we got on another plane and this time headed South for Atlanta. You see on December 3rd we had another niece enter the world so all of the Phillips clan headed to the ATL to celebrate Christmas and see little Melrose. Tobin had a great time with his girl cousins and we had some great baby, snuggle time. We stayed in Atlanta for a week and what a great week it was.

Gram, Poppie and the grandkids



Opening presents in Atlanta. He went crazy with the wrapping paper.

Extreme sports with Grandpa Black's tractor

He loved his swing from Grandma and Grandpa Black